Windows minimize to top of taskbar


  1. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #1

    Windows minimize to top of taskbar


    I have windows that are minimizing to the top of the task bar. It seems some of them are just sub windows of applications, I cant call them up unless i clear my desktop and then click one. Its as if they are supposed to be minimized to the task bar, but going above it instead. I have searched and searched and not found any solutions.

    Any ideas?
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  2. Posts : 15,026
    Windows 10 Home 64Bit
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    have you recently made any changes to your windows? installed any software etc? could be a registry mess.
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  3. Posts : 1,781
    Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit
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    Which applications do these windows belong to? And does this happen only with those particular apps, with random apps or with everything?
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    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    Hello Coryg05, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    If this has just recently started to happen, then you could do a system restore using a restore point (if available) dated before this started to hopefully undo and fix this.

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
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    Windows 7 Professional 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600)
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    coryg05 said:
    I have windows that are minimizing to the top of the task bar. It seems some of them are just sub windows of applications, I cant call them up unless i clear my desktop and then click one. Its as if they are supposed to be minimized to the task bar, but going above it instead. I have searched and searched and not found any solutions.

    Any ideas?
    Looks like MDI windows and what you describe is normal for the way the app was coded. If you click the associated program taskbar icon for the minimized MDI window, it will restore it without you clearing all other windows.

    How To Keep an MDI Window Always on Top
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  6. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
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    Looks like a restore/restart cleared it up. Was mainly concerned if this was a setting that could be changed somewhere. If it isn't a standard behavior and just explorer.exe getting mixed up then I guess we are good to go.

    Thanks for your replies. Since I am a new member and asked a question as my first post, I will do my best to return the favor by contributing my knowledge to others.

    Thanks to all!
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  7. Posts : 14,606
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7600
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    glad you got it fixed, welcome to sevenforums.
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  8. Posts : 435
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    This normally happens when explorer.exe has been terminated.
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  9. Posts : 72,050
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    That's great news Coryg05.
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  10. Posts : 72,050
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    Faceofjoe421 said:
    This normally happens when explorer.exe has been terminated.
    Sorry Joe, but if explorer had been terminated, there wouldn't be a taskbar available.
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